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Super Linda: Dear Mom, we've found a way to finally eat and enjoy our Brussels sprouts. Just fry ‘em up like Super Linda does! Seriously, we'd even pay our own mothers the $6 charge. But there's more to this spot than superb side dishes. Amongst blocks of snazzy, doormen-sporting digs, the kitschy but simple black-and-white sign for SUPER LINDA stands out. Enter the top level for more mid-century throwbacks a la signs that feel out of a small Latin-American bar mixed with funky overhead lamps radiating soft light. Then, snag a hard-to-earn-spot and munch on 'spensive (aha, that's why you're surrounded by expense-account'ed FiDi guys and trust-fundy 'n' trendy TriBeCa'ns) but so-good Latin-infused grub. Everything from small stuff like Shrimp Balls (chile de arbol, cilantro and grilled toast, $12) and Croquetas (smoked chicken and truffle, $10), to mains like the Red and Green Snapper (served fillet—one side spicy, one side savory, with pico de gallo and spice-soaked fries, $28) and Pork Ribs (co-starring those fried Brussels sprouts, pickled chilis and mint, $28), is excellent. Finish dinner with dessert churros and a few starter sips like the too-tame Topanga Canyon (Cory Matthews not included, $12), then head downstairs to the other bar to sample their stronger and creative selection of ‘ritas ($12-13). Wait—what other bar? Oh, just the one that basically takes Cortes’ navigation skills if you go the way labeled “RESTROOMS”...the more mod one that's oddly offset with over-the-top equine décor (murals, wallpaper, framed pictures, etc.). Thank goodness the food and get-to-know-you servers are a-maze-ing, right?
Reviewed 2/22/12
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